Wednesday, October 4, 2006
E.K. Nation's Third Somewhat-Annual NHL Predictions
We're still idiots when it comes to hockey. We love the sport, but we don't know jack about the players. We just have a general idea about which teams are great and which teams suck. As everyone should. So we're not special. And we do consistently miss the Stanley Cup Finals picks, which actually was not the case back in the late 90s and early 2000s, when we actually picked the Stanley Cup winner three years in a row (Dallas, New Jersey, Colorado) and had the opponents of the first two (Buffalo, Dallas) chosen correctly as well. It was unprecedented and will never be matched again (by us). Anyway, we had Philadelphia beating Nashville in the Finals last year, which wasn't happening. A somewhat similar prediction for this year, at least for one team, as follows promptly...
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
THE DIVISION CHAMPIONS:
THE PLAYOFF TEAMS:
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:
over
EASTERN CONFERENCE:THE DIVISION CHAMPIONS:
THE PLAYOFF TEAMS:
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:
over
2007 STANLEY CUP FINALS:
over
Note: Three months after the fact (It's Jan. 25, 2007 now), we noticed that we had Columbus making the playoffs in the East. Trouble is, Columbus plays in the West. Not our fault! Unless it is, which it is.
